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KRI2 WEARING SHOES OUTAlso Writes That Q«rmana Think K*Uer Hr* CptuMd New York Oh. Mah t111* fcttillfti^' jttR JiVa a haM timekeeping up with the . infantry In tho advances thoy are making how, I*rl -vat© Joseph F« Kill in a letter to hit* cousin, M.lss Boatrico SXrii, of. *20 Sixteenth flv^huft Welitj tell* of rt, U*ree days' march durhUp the bl* Afneriban drive,, andoi hdw UA wo** oui a pair of hcb-haliod boots trying tlt;5 keep Up the $£e.jTranoe, Aufruat. Dear Cousin •—Wu havo B6en dfcin* a lot ot tfaVollrig ever slnoe wo . wore called to the front, 5^hoii that bitf American dilvo took place we as artilleries had all wo could do to koep up with our .doughboys. At one tlmt for three days we Msro on the nlk* iuul made somethiner . around .sixty thllsfl. Worfci of it all, I am quite shorts and as is-the gustom her*. to ease ..the horsed’ looa \Ve Walk mostly all tlio way, and my short legs had to.inorcaao the cadency co blt;S able to keop • up. Never in my lifo did I, walk so manyi miles In a day as' I did that tlJhe. If you remember the hob-n£Ued shoes E told you about and how stivmlr they*; are studded, well, I finished.1.a pair ofi those. •One good thing. we get\cril ths dothesi we want for exchanging ‘unaarviceabl©. cltfthas. Just last Week I was fullly' dressed In a brain'd liew set of clothes* I didnt feel llko going: Into the trencher to got them all dirty again- Felt more like stepping out.The front la abottt as lively su* tisraal \vlth the thundering of the guns, and, sometimes the Dutch even hook us a* little fas. ; But we .pay thorn back. r have be«!ri to tlio front over* a montk arid I haven't ycft sceri a livei dutchman. The..only ones Ive seen wofo back of the lines working In the fields as prisoners. Wo got to folk to'the Infantry* boys a lot so they tell us abotit them. They say thOy ril'd big husky guys but verp poor on. account of getting poor grub. They are awfully afraid of the “tfahks arid 'will run the tfiiriiitt'they see them coming* They don't seem to* hav« any fighting spirit any more,A pal of mine who can read Dutch* » prottty WOlJ, found a Dutch tfnpcr heree ‘ SO thtd It .thrOUgh; He fdUrtd- dn arttclo Jit it that stirs frot my g'oat It said that Germany has a big army In New York, and that they already have captured*. N*w York And as*e lt;$n thoir way to! Philadelphia* 111 bet if the people In. Geritifty knew the truth they would, have the kaiser on the-crois In no time, itany of the (hetmans dont know th(jj Amerteari® art h$re yet.. • We Are now Waiting to be relieved^ •floon so may get- a ohanoe at. that furlough. Am as healthy ad a SoUrdoclc-CLfid have plenty to eat, the only thin*-that I miss is those chocolates I used* •to'pet. in Gody,. Wa get it issued hdr«* once in a while but not enoiigh tolt; oVer'aat.Write again td you* cousin in th«] 8 r country of Frwioe. s! • PVT. JOSEPH P. iCRIZ,» ; • Batt 147tU P. A. A VL
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1918
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USA 18 Jul 2018
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